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Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Spirit – Residency

32nd sighting in Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof
Fluke of Spirit
Spirit Confirmed in the catalog @26778
Jul 12 – Sep 28, 2022 · Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof

Sitka Sound & Outer Baranof · Jul – Sep 2022

78 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
301
Dives
Sightings
24
Days between first and last sighting
77

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jul 12, 202298 m12.3°C49 m
Aug 2, 202297 m13.8°C68 m
Aug 4, 202278 m14.1°C71 m
Aug 5, 2022122 m14.1°C78 m
Aug 6, 202278 m13.4°C48 m
Aug 7, 202278 m13.4°C71 m
Aug 9, 202278 m13.9°C58 m
Aug 11, 202295 m14.0°C47 m
Aug 11, 202278 m14.2°C12 m
Aug 12, 202278 m14.5°C45 m
Aug 12, 202278 m14.5°C52 m
Aug 12, 202257 m13.8°C26 m
Aug 12, 202294 m14.3°C56 m
Aug 12, 202278 m14.5°C51 m
Aug 16, 2022129 m12.6°C69 m
Aug 17, 202278 m12.7°C58 m
Aug 31, 202278 m14.4°C67 m
Aug 31, 202278 m14.4°C33 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled ·

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jul 12, 2022 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 49 m (modelled)Jul 12Aug 2, 2022 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 68 m (modelled)Aug 4, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 5, 2022 — seafloor 122 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Aug 6, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 48 m (modelled)Aug 6Aug 7, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 71 m (modelled)Aug 9, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2022 — seafloor 95 m (measured), deepest dive 47 m (modelled)Aug 11, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 12 m (modelled)Aug 11Aug 12, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 45 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 52 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2022 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Aug 12, 2022 — seafloor 94 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Aug 12Aug 12, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Aug 16, 2022 — seafloor 129 m (measured), deepest dive 69 m (modelled)Aug 17, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 58 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 67 m (modelled)Aug 31Aug 31, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 33 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 39 m (modelled)Aug 31, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 64 m (modelled)Sep 7, 2022 — seafloor 98 m (measured), deepest dive 46 m (modelled)Sep 7Sep 12, 2022 — seafloor 107 m (measured), deepest dive 51 m (modelled)Sep 12, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)Sep 28, 2022 — seafloor 78 m (measured), deepest dive 55 m (modelled)

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

78 m
Deepest dive
3:28
Longest dive
301
Dives
23 m
Avg dive depth
24
Sightings
77
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010078 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (122 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Aug 5, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
122 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.1°C
Distance from shore
8.0 km

Across the residency · 24 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
57 m – 129 m
Sea-surface temperature
12.3°C – 14.5°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 8.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 24 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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